But, darn it, I feel a little like one of the purgatory people this morning. Every time I think about the ending a little more, it unravels just a little bit further.
In fact, I just thought of another plot hole:
In the Jacob origin episode we get told "don't go into the glowing cave, it's a fate worse than death." In fact, MIB goes into cave, comes out as smoke monster.
About three weeks later, both Jack and Desmond go into the glowing cave. Neither comes out a smoke monster. Neither dies (Jack died from his wounds later) either, in fact. No explanation for why not.
That's bad writing. You don't set up a premise and then ignore it within a month when your lead character needs a heroic death.
